Lialis
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Lialis is a genus of legless lizards in the family Pygopodidae. The genus is native to Australia and New Guinea.
Diet
Lizards in the genus Lialis specialize in eating skinks.<ref name = patchell>Patchell F, Shine R (1986). "Feeding Mechanisms in Pygopodid Lizards: How Can Lialis Swallow Such Large Prey?". Journal of Herpetology 20 (1): 59-64.</ref> They have hinged teeth and kinetic skull joints which flex allowing them to swallow their prey whole.<ref name = patchell/>
Reproduction
Lizards in the genus Lialis exhibit oviparity.<ref name=RDB/>
Species
The following two species are recognized as being valid.<ref name=RDB>Template:EMBL genus www.reptile-database.org.</ref>
References
Further reading
- Boulenger GA (1885). Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Second Edition. Volume I. ... Pygopodidæ .... London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xii + 436 pp. + Plates I-XXXII. (Genus Lialis, p. 246).
- Gray JE (1835). "Characters of a New Genus of Reptiles (Lialis) from New South Wales". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1834: 134–135. (Lialis, new genus, p. 134). (in Latin and English).